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for December 19, 2002

On New Years Resolutions For 2003 Part I

In an attempt for self-improvement, T.J. Monkey’s (mostly Seth) has complied a list of New Years Resolutions. The ones marked with an asterisk “*” are not approved of by Bret. Happy New Years!!!

  1. Only make left turns while driving.
  2. Visit Czechoslovakia whenever possible.
  3. Call all women over the age of 70 and under the age of 11 “little darlin’.”
  4. Only eat foods containing the word “frank.” (e.g. Frankfurter)
  5. Only get mullet haircuts.
  6. Paint all fire hydrants silver (for extra panache).
  7. Date a Dixie Chick.
  8. Dick a date chick.*
  9. Accuse all fur trees of pining.
  10. Refer to all Christmas tree ornaments as “Christian globules.”
  11. Avoid Delaware.
  12. Hoard beets.
  13. Hoard beats.
  14. Wallpaper using only Britney Spears posters.
  15. Use highway call-boxes to make local calls.
  16. Fiend the color aqua.
  17. Get more New Jersey barriers.
  18. Pray to Allah more frequently.
  19. Read everything Danielle Steele ever wrote (including diaries, letters, and post-it notes).
  20. Make fake ID’s for Sam’s Club.
  21. Try and get all speed limits changed to 7 mph.
  22. Say “Yo dat shizit is dabomb diggity” no fewer than 4 times a day.
  23. Sacrifice a whale on your roof and open a red roof inn.
  24. Perch frequently.
  25. Only go to the bathroom at friends’ houses.
  26. Mulch your kitchen.
  27. Paint the St. Louis Arch yellow and demand that they open half a really big McDonald’s.
  28. When hearing a car alarm find the first person you can and remark, “What’s the deal with car alarms?”
  29. Get a counterfeit handicapped parking pass, because, hey, you don’t want to park there illegally.
  30. Hang a local Board of Education member in effigy.
  31. Refuse to look at the American Flag unless Hulk Hogan’s “I Am A Real American” is playing.
  32. Let it ride on Tuesdays.
  33. Hang-glide off highway overpasses.
  34. Refer to station wagons as “ghetto sleds.”
  35. Write all academic papers in Ebonics.
  36. Get to know your neighborhood real estate expert.
  37. When you’re feeling tense remember that the word “tense” can also spell “teens” or “sneet.”
  38. Instead of using periods at the end of sentences use the letter “q”q
  39. Practice driver safety using Super Mario Kart.
  40. See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet.
  41. Wear an orange cone on your head and a smile on your face.
  42. After every cash transaction, convert the total into Dollars Canadian.
  43. Question the use of binomial nomenclature more frequently.
  44. On I-76 when you see a sign for Florence, remember, you didn’t accidentally drive to Italy.
  45. Demand that networks feature Alicia Silverstone more often.
  46. Smile at police officers, because they might not know that they’re pricks.
  47. Define all women using titles of Aerosmith songs (Crazy, Amazin’, or Lady Looks Like A Dude).
  48. Only check messages when there are exactly 20 waiting. If there are more than 20, wait until there are exactly 70.
  49. Take time to contemplate what makes “Wonder Bread” so wonderful.
  50. Pee on Yale.

Go to Resolutions 51-100. Now.


Seth and Bret

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